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八大人覺

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: eight kinds of attentiveness of great persons

Senses:

  • The eight thoughts of bodhisattvas, śrāvakas, and pratyekabuddhas:
    1. The attentiveness to lessening desire 少欲覺.
    2. The attentiveness to being satisfied with the way things are 知足覺.
    3. The attentiveness to extrication (from afflictive behavior) 遠離覺.
    4. The attentiveness to vigilant effort 精進覺.
    5. The attentiveness to right mindfulness 正念覺.
    6. The attentiveness to right concentration 正定覺.
    7. The attentiveness to right wisdom 正慧覺.
    8. The attentiveness to avoidance of conceptual proliferation 不戲論覺.
    〔成實論 T 1646.32.277a13〕 Also written 八大人念, 八生法, and 大人八念. [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura,FGD,Yokoi]
  • In the 八大人覺經 (T 779.17.715b4:) the names of the eight differ slightly, but their content is essentially the same: 覺世間無常, 覺多欲, 覺心不足, 覺懈怠, 覺愚癡, 覺貧怨, 覺欲過患, and 覺生死. [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura,FGD,Yokoi]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 864

    Bulgyo sajeon 895a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1023c

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 92, 462

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 95a/105

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 191

    Zen Dust (Sasaki) 396

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1104c

    Fo Guang Dictionary 270

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)4217c,405a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1409-3

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    Entry created: 2007-04-15

    Updated: 2012-03-27